Katy Kirby had shared ‘Hand to Hand’ ahead of the release of new album ‘Blue Raspberry’ via ANTI- Records on 26 January. The song – written while ‘witnessing the gory breakdown of several relationships/couples at the same time’ – starts in a sparse and evoking fashion that recalls Lomelda or Adrianne Lenker as Katy discusses…
With parenthood, redundancy, job hunting, a very busy new job and a steam-powered laptop all taking up time, we’ve not been able to post anywhere near as much as we’d like to throughout 2023 – but we still love music and what’s December without some Top 5s. Here is five of our favourite tracks of…
Frog’s new album – and first since 2019 – ‘Grog’ is now out in the wild and features the curiously captivating ‘Doom Song’. Opening with loose, slacker-style guitar riffs, the song transforms into a slow marching beat with assertive vocals, talk about fever dreams and a perfectly pitched stop-start finish – all in just under…
‘In many cultures children born with a dominant left hand were taught not to use that hand, and were told that using the right hand was ‘normal’ and ‘correct.’ Similarly, queer children are often times told that it’s not ‘normal’ for them to love who they love and that they need to change’. ‘Left Hand’,…
Written collaboratively from start to finish in Seattle, ‘The Window’ is the fourth album from Chicago’s Ratboys – and it finds the four-piece ruminating on love and grief. ‘Making Noise for the Ones You Love’ opens the album with a burst of intense feedback and pulsating drums that recall Deerhunter or The Walkmen. Julia Steiner’s…
There have been a lot of changes in The Xcerts’ camp over the past few years… A change of label, management and other personal and global challenges have made the release of their fifth album ‘Learning How to Live and Let Go’ a triumph in itself. Seeing it as a cathartic unshackling, the band promise…
Photo credit: Niamh Berry Ailbhe Reddy follows up her 2020 debut album ‘Personal History’ with ‘Endless Affair’ – a collection of songs that find the Irish singer-songwriter tackling the pain and relief of growing up, the power of living and the raw emotion of mortality… ‘Shitshow’ opens the album with hushed tones that evolve into…
‘Angel Numbers’, Hamish Hawk’s follow-up to 2021’s acclaimed ‘Heavy Elevator’, was once again produced by Idlewild’s Rod Jones at his Post Electric studio in Leith, Edinburgh and finds the singer-songwriter offering up his witty and wry observations on all the foibles of modern life… Opener ‘Once Upon an Acid Glance’ quickly sets the scene with…
Focusing on the forces of mood and melody, The Murder Capital’s second album ‘Gigi’s Recovery’ finds the Irish band navigating a number of personal issues and relationships revolving around the theme of existence and what it means… The opener – with ‘Existence’ as its title – is 90 seconds of noisy and atmospheric guitar work…
Written over a stretch of two to three years, We Are Scientists’ eighth album ‘Lobes’ finds the New York duo exploring new sounds and directions with confidence and glee… The synthy toe-tapper ‘Operator Error’ opens the album with rhythmic and hypnotic statements – ‘It’s all a a game of confidence’; ‘You kwwp on saying you…
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